Neuroscience and Learning "Superior learning takes place when classroom experiences are enjoyable and relevant to students' lives, interests, and experiences." (The Neuroscience of Joyful Education, Summer 2007)
Learner
2nd grader with language processing difficulities. Some areas that the learner struggles with are language comprehension, sequencing, grammar and organizing ideas.
Features and Resources After reviewing several online resources we narrowed it down to 4 resources that will help our student organize during writing, reading and participate in classroom discussions.
Integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, allowing teachers to create interactive presentations that engage and excite every student in the classroom.
We choose this for our student because it allows the student to actively engage in collaborative learning.
This activity provides the student a structured multisensory organizational approach to planning an essay. When finished the student needs to transfer information into a paragraph.
Both of these websites allow you to customize your search. You do so by going in and selecting the grade of your learner, the area of study (ie language arts) and then the specific area of difficulity such as organizing stories and sequencing.
Study Stack:
We chose this website to help students learn and practice new vocabulary. These cards are available online so students can practice anywhere.
Neuroscience and Learning
"Superior learning takes place when classroom experiences are enjoyable and relevant to students' lives, interests, and experiences." (The Neuroscience of Joyful Education, Summer 2007)
Learner
2nd grader with language processing difficulities. Some areas that the learner struggles with are language comprehension, sequencing, grammar and organizing ideas.
Features and Resources
After reviewing several online resources we narrowed it down to 4 resources that will help our student organize during writing, reading and participate in classroom discussions.
Mouse Mischief:
http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/en-us/learn-more.aspx#benefits
Integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, allowing teachers to create interactive presentations that engage and excite every student in the classroom.
We choose this for our student because it allows the student to actively engage in collaborative learning.
Internet for Classrooms:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com
This activity was a sequencing aide where students read then sequenced events in the story.
ReadWriteThink:
http://www.readwritethink.org
This activity provides the student a structured multisensory organizational approach to planning an essay. When finished the student needs to transfer information into a paragraph.
Both of these websites allow you to customize your search. You do so by going in and selecting the grade of your learner, the area of study (ie language arts) and then the specific area of difficulity such as organizing stories and sequencing.
Study Stack:
We chose this website to help students learn and practice new vocabulary. These cards are available online so students can practice anywhere.